Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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